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Li Keqiang delivered his final Government Work Report as premier on Sunday.
Li’s 10-year tenure has been notable for how marginal he was in economic policymaking.
That’s why we (and pretty much everybody else) often labelled Li the weakest premier in 40 years.
His successor, incoming Premier Li Qi...